Beneficial microbes have a positive impact on the productivity and fitness of the host plant. A
better understanding of the biological impacts and underlying mechanisms by which the …

Understanding the interactions of plants with beneficial and pathogenic microbes is a
promising avenue to improve crop productivity and agriculture sustainability. Proteomic …

Aims Plant root‐associated rhizobacteria elicit plant immunity referred to as induced
systemic tolerance (IST) against multiple abiotic stresses. Among multibacterial …

Legume plants are key elements in sustainable agriculture and represent a significant
source of plant-based protein for humans and animal feed worldwide. One specific feature of …

In this study, a hydroponic culture experiment was conducted in a greenhouse to investigate
the molecular and microbial mechanisms involved in the endophytic Bacillus megaterium …

Sequence data for> 20 000 annotated genes from 56 accessions of M edicago truncatula
were used to identify potential targets of positive selection, the determinants of evolutionary …

Prokaryotes and eukaryotes secrete extracellular vesicles (EVs) into the surrounding milieu
to preserve and transport elevated concentrations of biomolecules across long distances …

Flooding negatively affects the growth of soybeans. Recently, omic approaches have been
used to study abiotic stress responses in plants. To explore flood-tolerant genes in …

Soybean is rich in protein/vegetable oil and contains several phytochemicals such as
isoflavones and phenolic compounds. Because of the predominated nutritional values …

Legume symbiosis with rhizobia results in the formation of a specialized organ, the root
nodule, where atmospheric dinitrogen is reduced to ammonia. In Lotus japonicus (Lotus) …